Climate Change April 15‚ 2010 Swept Under the Rug Many factors may contribute to global warming. Burning of precious fossil fuels‚ substandard emission techniques‚ and an ever growing population all play an intricate role of raising Earth’s overall temperature. Each can be linked through one key adversary‚ carbon dioxide. Rising CO2 levels are almost the sole reason temperatures are rising at such an alarming rate. Aside from water vapor‚ carbon dioxide is a chief ingredient in our Greenhouse
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Art History Honors Take Home Exam Essay #1 Classical Greek Art is characterized by the emerging need among artists to imitate and perfect the ideal human form through idealized naturalism. The Classical period is marked by the introduction of the contrapposto position first seen in the Kritios Boy (ca 480 BC). The function of sculptures during this period was mostly to glorify gods and athletes usually depicted as male nudes. One of the most renowned sculptures of an athlete from that period
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RESOURCE & DEVELOPMENT Classification of Resources Basis of Classification Origin Exhaustibility Ownerhip Class Biotic Abiotic Renewable Non-renewable Individual Community National International Example Flora and fauna Minerals‚ Soil‚ Forest‚ Water‚ Wind Fossil Fuel‚ Metals Private land‚ orchard Village Pond‚ Park River‚ Mines‚ International Ocean Territory starts after 200 km of national boundary Stage of Development Potential resources are yet to Potential wind energy source in be exploited
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Granite Gneiss (gg)‚ Porphyroblastic GraniteGneiss (pg)‚ Leucocratic GraniteGneiss (lg) . Intrusive GraniteCoarse Grained Granite (eg) . Minor Intrusions: Rhyolites (ry)‚ QuartzFeldspar Porphyry (py)‚ Daca titea and Anddesites (an)‚ Dolerites and Basalts (b) .Other Formations: Quartzite (qz)‚ Pegmatite (p)‚ Quartz vein (q)Relief: The lowest elevation in the Federal Capital territory is found in the extreme southwest where the flood plain of the river | Abuja City Gate | Guraja is at an ele vation
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Module A Lesson 2: Famous Gemstones and Jewellery Diamond Encrustations British Crown Jewels Koh-I-Noor diamond: (“Mountain of Light”) One of world’s largest diamonds The Cullinan Diamond: largest diamond rough ever found Hope Diamond Deep blue colouration Lack of internal flaws Shows VS1 clarity First sold to King Louis XIV Top ten diamonds by size Diamonds >10 carats = exquisite Diamonds >50 carats = possession of museum/wealth people Diamond >199 carats = not sold
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction of Research Steel-reinforced concrete is a widely used structural material. The effectiveness of the steel reinforcement depends on the bond between the steel reinforcing bar and the concrete. Reinforced concrete is a composite material in which concrete ’s relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength and ductility. The reinforcement is usually‚ though not necessarily
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The Earth’s atmosphere has changed over billions of years‚ but for the past 200 million years it has been much as it is today. We are‚ however‚ causing our atmosphere to change by human activity. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation are two examples of human effect on the environment. Composition of the Earth’s atmosphere The composition of air You need to know the proportions of the main gases in the atmosphere. The Earth’s atmosphere has remained much the same for the past 200 million years
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Hydroponics As the world’s population grows exponentially‚ modern agricultural practices must focus on sustainability‚ to produce food while making efforts to maintain the environment. In order to produce more food for the growing population‚ producers have increased their use of viable agricultural lands resulting in 11% of earth being tilled for agriculture. While this number seems to be relatively low‚ it must be addressed that this 11% usage takes up almost all of the world’s land than can
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that would separate a panda from a fox. This was speculated to be caused by several events. For starters‚ there Is thought that there was an impact event akin to what we believe killed off the dinosaurs‚ on top of that massive effusions of flood basalts which also released massive ash clouds and acidic aerosols that would have blotted out the sun; On top of that ocean waters became so devoid of oxygen that most of the biomass in the waters died and were replaced by bacteria that produced massive
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Polynesian culture The beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly ‘many’ and nēsoi ‘islands’). Polynesia encompasses a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex at the Hawaiian Islands in the north and its base angles at New Zealand (Aotearoa) in the west and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the east. It also includes (from northwest to southeast) Tuvalu‚ Tokelau‚ Wallis and
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